Erie Co: Body found in burning car

ERIE CO. -- The Erie County Sheriff's Office is investigating a homicide after a body was found burning in a car.

The Sheriff's office says that a passerby called the department around 6 a.m. Sunday morning. The car fire was located in the woods of the Milan Wildlife area just off of Lover's Lane Road in Oxford Township.

Sheriff Paul Sigsworth said when deputies arrived on scene the car was fully engulfed.

The body was found in the back seat of the vehicle and was unrecognizable. Investigators are on scene.